Basically, the matter of land reclamation has nothing to do with them, and they may be able to divide some land, and if they don't succeed, there is no loss, and these landlords and lords also have an indifferent attitude, but they are not very happy about the restriction of land rent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since ancient times, it is a matter of course to farm land and pay rent, and land rent is the lifeblood of the landlords and squires.

But they just said that the people of Guyuan have reached the point where they are about to be unable to live, and now Li Han is calling on them to reduce rent and interest under the pretext of being for the sake of Guyuan, if they object, isn't it tantamount to slapping themselves in the mouth.

Of course, they must be reluctant in their hearts, but these people are old foxes, and they will not oppose Li Han in person, after all, Li Han has more than a thousand guns in his hands, and in this era when there are guns and grass kings, more than 1,000 guns represent strength.

Besides, Chahar is so chaotic now, maybe it is Li Han who is in charge of Guo Zhen today, and Zhang Han will become Zhang Han tomorrow, and Wang Han may not be able to say. Iron-clad landlords, flowing warlords. Maybe it won't be long before Li Han falls, and they can't afford to take this risk.

In the end, after many discussions, everyone always believed that it was necessary to implement the three plans described by Li Han, and at the same time, it was necessary to unify the armed forces in the defense area, and Guo Zhen and even Guyuan could only have four battalions in the end.

Rent and tax reduction is the top priority of the plan, and Li Han, who was born in a peasant family for both generations, knows that the government's tax revenue is like a flood of beasts in the eyes of the people.

If this fundamental problem is not solved, then the bandits of Chahar will grow wave after wave like cutting leeks, and in this way, Chahar will never have peace.

Throughout the rise and replacement of dynasties, it can be seen that in fact, the common people of China are the best group of people to rule, as long as you let them have a bite to eat, so that they can support themselves, then even if life is difficult, the environment is bad, the common people can bear it.

But most of the changes of dynasties in history were due to peasant uprisings, because when the rulers did not give the people a way to live, rabbits would bite people in a hurry.

What Li Han has to do now is to get the approval of the common people, and after taking Guozhen, he transferred all the main forces of the four battalions and sent cavalry companies to more than ten large and small villages under the jurisdiction of Guozhen, and cleaned up all the ruffians and hooligans in each village.

Of course, the hooligans of the land did not need the soldiers of the cavalry company to do it, and the role of the cavalry was mainly to show the villages that Guo Zhen had changed hands, and they were also responsible for supervising the implementation of Li Han's plan.

In the new policy formulated by Li Han and a cadre, all the previous taxes of Guo Zhen were abolished, and only the field tax and business tax were retained, and the field tax was also reduced from the previous 50% to 20%.

This order must be obeyed by all, and the landlords and gentry at all levels must be carried out in place, and when taxes are collected, troops will be sent to the scene to supervise them.

In the past, in addition to paying taxes to the government, the people also had to pay taxes and grain to the township security, and none of them was missing. Now Li Han plans to establish a unified grain station, of course, this is not what he came up with, later generations will do this, Li Han just copied it and put it around.

Ordinary people can directly pull grain to the grain station to pay taxes, so that they can cut off the thoughts of other township protectors who want to make oil and water.

In fact, the people of Guo Zhen don't care about who will manage Guo Zhen, in their opinion, everyone is the same, what should their lives be like or what is it, as long as those who are soldiers do not come to harm themselves, thank God.

However, when they heard the propagandist say that Guo Zhen would abolish all miscellaneous taxes except the land tax, Guo Zhen's people were still very happy, and of course they did not dare to fully believe the words of those propagandists.

The credibility of the government in this year is almost zero, and it is possible that the policies enacted in the morning will be nullified in the afternoon. But no matter what, looking at the posture, Guo Zhen's new owner at least has no idea of imposing other taxes.

It can be said that through this policy, Li Han's first impression on the people of Guozhen is still good, and if he can stick to it, it will not be difficult to get the support of the people here.

Of course, with the strength of Li Han's battalion, where can the small Guo Zhen be able to afford it, so on the second day after taking Guo Zhen.

Li Han ordered: Except for the cavalry company as the battalion headquarters, the other seven companies of the eight companies of the battalion were all scattered, and each company could take a township as a garrison according to the situation, in short, as long as they knew that they could support themselves.

Because of its proximity to Rehe, the area of Guyuan is easily invaded by devils, so there are no other people besides bandits who are willing to develop here, which is why there are basically no small warlords in Guyuan.

The Fourth Battalion is also a regular army, and it is not easy to deal with some towns and villages that are helpless or occupied by small bandits. It took only seven or eight days, and the four battalions and seven companies quickly settled in various towns and villages.

After mastering seven or eight townships and towns, Li Han also had a lot more room for maneuver, and began to recruit displaced people and organize them to open up wasteland and farm.

In this era of war, there is no shortage of displaced people, and strictly speaking, those people who followed Li Han from Rehe to Chahar are also considered to be one of the displaced people.

It's just that they were transferred with the troops, and their situation is many times better than that of the displaced people.

Because of the limited assets on hand, Li Han decisively gave up the idea of buying land from the major landlords and gentry in Guo Town.

Fortunately, Chahar is vast and sparsely populated, and there is not enough land, but I am afraid that there is no one, although a lot of land is relatively barren, but the quality can be made up for by quantity.

Li Han's promise to the common people is that each family can reclaim 50 acres of land, and those who have no money and tools can borrow money from the government, and the government will provide interest-free loans.

However, only the first year is interest-free, and if it is not fully paid off in the second year, then the unpaid part will begin to calculate interest, of course, the interest is also very low, only one percent.

The reason for this is that Li Han is worried that these displaced people and farmers will not have the slightest pressure and will become inert. So you have to put some pressure on them.

In fact, everyone has one or another bad root, some people have strong self-control and can overcome it on their own, while others have to rely on others to supervise.

In addition, all newly cultivated land is exempt from tax in the first year, and the grain production of these newly cultivated land is limited, and in addition to the fact that it is not a peaceful and prosperous era, and commercial circulation is very limited, Li Han can be said to do everything he can to arouse the enthusiasm of the common people for production.

Displaced people and local landless peasants do not even consider whether the newly cultivated land is barren or fertile.

For them, they are grateful to be able to own their own land, and it is better to have barren land than no land.

With the land, coupled with Li Han Chengruo's low taxes, there is hope for the future, and the expectations of his wife and children are not slim.

Moreover, Li Han also promised them all kinds of benefits and benefits, whether it was the local farmers or the displaced people recruited by Li Han, they were all very enthusiastic about land reclamation.

After some hard work, Li Han also initially won the support of the people of Guyuan, and most of the fields allocated were reclaimed wasteland and some ownerless land, and the landlords and squires had no complaints.

But they were all waiting to see Li Han's jokes, and secretly laughed in their hearts: "Don't collect taxes, when the time comes, let's see what you do to feed the army in your hands." ”

And in this troubled era, without an army in hand, it is like a phoenix with plucked feathers, not even as good as a chicken.

Li Han also didn't want to offend the landlords and squires too much, after all, the future development of Guyuan still depends on their contributions.

He was able to let ordinary people have their own land, and it was already a lot of effort. is really not capable of leading them on the road of industry and commerce, at least in the past few years, Li Han does not have the energy.

Half a year ago, Li Han was a 21st century college student, and even now he has only been a grassroots officer for half a year, and his ability to govern is really limited.

To be able to come up with these plans is also to directly learn from the practices of predecessors, but the means are a little more modest.

And if you want to develop in commerce and industry, most of them have to rely on these landlords, gentry, and merchants, because these are all industries that need to be thrown at money.

Besides, most landlords, that is, they have a little more land, live a relatively wealthy life, and they do not have any evil deeds in themselves, so they should not be brought down just because they are rich, because this will only intensify the contradictions, and the gains outweigh the losses.

And Li Han dared to shout the words of tax exemption, it was not a quick moment, he had his own ideas and plans.

At present, the fourth battalion still has more than 200,000 oceans of family property, and even if it is immediately expanded into a regiment, it will be enough for them to support them for more than a year.

Li Han, who lived in later generations, knew that it was not enough for a place to rely on agricultural taxes if it wanted to develop, but mainly on industry and commerce.

Compared with the taxes of industrial and commercial magnates, the agricultural tax is only a fraction, otherwise our country would not have abolished the agricultural tax at the end of 2005, ending the "imperial grain national tax" with a history of more than 2,000 years.

In the form of the Republic of China, it is basically impossible to develop industry in the Chahar region, so Li Han plans to focus on developing business, don't look at Chahar, there is nothing in this place, and it is also a frontier outside the Guan, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is no development prospect.

But in fact, the geographical location of Chahar is still good, it is connected to the fallen Rehe and Liaoning provinces in the east, Suiyuan and Shanxi regions in the west of Yan Xishan's sphere of influence, Mongolian steppes and Daxing'an Mountains in the north, and Hebei Province in the south.

After the fall of Rehe, Chahar has become the only province that connects the inside and outside of the Guan, and patriots want to enter the northeast, and all the weapons, ammunition and other supplies urgently needed by the Northeast Volunteers can be transferred through Chahar.

To the north, Chahar is connected to the Mongolian steppe, and the supplies of the Soviets to support the country can also enter the country through Chahar.

Even Li Han can directly do business with the Soviets, for example, the Soviets' weapons are very good, although the appearance is a little rougher, but durable. There are many more examples like this, and Chahar is not without opportunities for development in special circumstances.